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In India, city administrations, especially urban local bodies, depend heavily on property tax revenues. However, not all municipal corporations in the country are rich; they have to depend heavily on state or Central grants.While on one hand, the...

Land, being the costliest asset in realty, has often been at the epicentre of fights, property crimes and frauds. In the absence of any effective land record maintenance system, one of the biggest challenges facing India has been the land ownership...

Concern that the proliferation of smart cites will widen the gap between persons with disabilities, aging communities and the rest of the population, G3ict and World ENABLED announced the global Defining Accessible Smart Cities Initiative last month...

In present days, intensity of traffic — both rail and road — is very heavy and the movement of vehicles cannot be disturbed for construction of under-bridges, canal crossings or drainage systems by the conventional or open cut system.To address this...

With nearly 47,000 people living on the streets and in shelters in the city and county of Los Angeles, Councilmember Mike Bonin is no doubt right when he calls solving homelessness and the city's affordable housing crisis "a Herculean task." But as...

Scroll down for quick takes from Council partners.New online renewable energy platform helps companies assess technologies, projectsCouncil Lead Partner Schneider Electric has released its New Energy Opportunities (NEO) Network, a collaborative...

All cities are under incredible pressure to reduce carbon emissions, but how do you do that? Cities like Seattle, San Diego, Washington, D.C., Calgary and Alberta found a very simple-sounding answer: eliminate the need for people to own a car.UC...

We frequently recommend that cities partner with the technology companies that can best help them with planning and deploying their smart city projects. The cities benefit from technology and other resources they likely couldn't develop (or afford)...

The use of hot mixing plants is common in developing countries for roads and similar construction works. Such plants emit organic compounds, smoke, black carbon, soot and sulphur oxide that are serious health hazards.Today, scientists and...

Addressing a complaint is a daunting task for any municipal corporation in India. The New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) is no exception. With the launch of ‘NDMC 311’—a real-time smartphone application—in March 2016, the Corporation has...

At current estimates, over 1,700 tonnes of waste is generated in Pune of which around 52 to 55 per cent is wet waste. When such wet food waste is segregated and removed separately at source, the rest of the inorganic waste like plastic, metal, paper...

Council Associate Partner Clevest specializes in state-of-the-art workforce management, with emphasis on the special needs of utilities. They've just released a smartphone app that points to the future we all want for utility field crews — indeed...

About 1.2 billion people in the world now face intermittent to persistent water shortages and 500 million more are expected to join them in a few years. Many water treatment and delivery facilities are old and losing massive amounts of water. Water...

We’re running out of water. We often blame this on population growth and droughts, but those aren’t the only reasons. The fact is, we waste a lot of it. As you’ll read below, each year, the U.S. wastes more than 2 trillion gallons of treated water...

We could argue the U.S. has its head in the sand given the results of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index released this week. One of the richest nations in the world, it ranked No. 25 -- far behind world leaders in Europe and elsewhere. In...

Whenever there’s a water shortage, it’s easy to fixate on the impacts that annoy us — the restrictions on washing your car or watering your lawn. But there are very serious consequences that put your economy at risk: the inability of farmers to get...

India has horrific water issues that go well beyond meters and domestic waste. However, with the use of automation, it is practically possible to avoid water theft, illegal connections and leakages and importantly, monitor water distribution....

Airports have to constantly live with the possibility of a terror attack. A single terror threat —hoax or serious — can lead to lockdown of an airport, or partial suspension of services, costing the affected airline a whopping Rs 1-2 crore and...

Installing sensors to monitor air quality, traffic, public safety and other aspects of city life isn't a new idea. But Chicago's Array of Things project is different in ways that may give you ideas for your own city. First, the AoT is more than just...

At a time when the relationship between police and citizens in several cities is strained and calls for police accountability and transparency are getting louder, it's encouraging to see a department take the initiative and voluntarily provide...